Social Security Benefits

(asked on 4th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payments have ceased their claims between March 2020 to present.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 9th March 2021

The information requested for Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, the latest Universal Credit statistics: user engagement survey report does include a statement, in section 4, regarding the development of Universal Credit flows data, as part of the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.

The Department publishes ESA quarterly caseload figures and UC monthly caseload figures and these can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Table 1 below shows the number of claimants receiving PIP who ceased their PIP claim each month from March 2020 to October 2020, the latest data available, who were receiving PIP at the end of the previous month.

Table 1: Number of PIP claimants who ceased their PIP claim, March 2020 – October 2020

Month

Number of PIP claims that are ceased

Mar-20

14,270

Apr-20

16,460

May-20

8,660

Jun-20

9,120

Jul-20

7,720

Aug-20

11,610

Sep-20

11,290

Oct-20

14,930

Source: PIP Atomic Data Store

Notes:

  • This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision. In particular, it may take some time for a death to be notified to the Department, so the figure for October 2020 is likely to increase with the inclusion of future data.
  • Volumes of off-flows have fluctuated due to the Operational measures implemented in response to Covid-19. In particular, due to the suspension of Department instigated Reassessment and Review activity from March 2020 to July 2020. Planned Award Reviews restarted in July 2020.
  • These data include claimants whose claim ceased as the result of an Award Review, Change of Circumstances or the claimant’s death as well as for other reasons. Claimants may see their PIP claim resume as a result of a mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
  • PIP data includes claimants awarded both under normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants.
  • Claimants receiving PIP include those whose claims are in payment and those whose payment is suspended or part-suspended.
  • Data covers Great Britain only.
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